... without forcing the assimilation of the population groups concerned. Defining the concept 'minority' When focusing on minority protection, it 37 3 Devising an Adequate System of Minority Protection in the Area of Language Rights.
This publication offers a comprehensive and critical overview of the political and legal mechanisms that are available at both European and international levels for the implementation of minority rights standards....
Minorities make significant contributions to the richness and diversity of society, and States that recognise and promote minority rights are more likely to remain tolerant and stable. The United Nations...
... Devising an Adequate System of Minority Protection', supra note 183, p. 282; Cassese, 'Self-Determination of Peoples', supra note 180, pp. 26–27; cf. also The Aaland Islands Question. Report submitted to the Council of the League of ...
Have recent developments in international and European law resulted in an integrated and coherent system of minority protection?
... rights , minority rights , and the right to self - determination . Finally , a conclusion is formulated . NOTE 1. The theoretical framework is fully developed in K. Henrard , Devising an Adequate System of Minority Protection , Kluwer ...
Published in association with Social Science Academic Press (China), this unique book outlines what legal protection each minority group receives under Chinese law, together with a helpful comparative study on Chinese national and regional ...
(1991) International Law and the Rights of Minorities. Oxford: Oxford University Press. —. (1994) 'International and European Standards on Minority Rights'. In Hugh Miall (ed.) ... Budapest: Open Society Institute. pp. 45-73.
... Devising an Adequate System of Minority Protection : Individual Human Rights , Minority Rights and the Right to Self - Determination ( Kluwer , The Hague , 2000 ) , 8. See also G. Alfredsson , “ Minority Rights : A Summary of Existing ...
The work of the sociologist T.H. Marshall provides a good starting point for any conceptual analysis.74 Marshall provides three basic dimensions to the concept of citizenship. Firstly, the political dimension which includes that right ...